Raymond & Maria – Nej (Translation)

I needed a translation of this song, but couldn’t find a good one online. Guess I have to roll my own!

Raymond & Maria (not actually a duo) had a big hit with “Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja” [Nobody want’s to know where you bought your sweater] a few years ago. This song – called “Nej” [No] – is off the same album called “Vi ska bara leva klart” [We’re just gonna finish living], released in 2004. I’m a big fan of the entire album, as it’s got catchy songs and really depressing but well-written lyrics. Swedish text/lyrics are below the English translation.

The Q8 petrol station
Lundin’s Aluminium
Then up the hill
Drive on, drive on
Everything we did here
Everything we said here
Everything we believed here
Will disappear soon
Now I see clearly

Those who believe that “home” is where you live
Has never been at my place
Has never been at my place
Life is too short for themed parties with trivia games
There must be more
Something the others don’t see

No, I say no, I say no
I will never, never go back
To your town, to your lives
I will never, ever go back
To who you said I should be
I will never, never come back
To their town, to their lives
I will never, ever go back

Waiting on the bus
Waiting on the weekend
Waiting on life
I have done that for 20 years
The light from the car
Shows against the trees
Nobody on the road
I will fall sleep soon, so keep up the speed

Look at me, I can say I love you
We can be everything for each other
And you can pretend to be my husband
Those who stayed behind only have Channel 3’s reality TV bar [show]
and a City Hotel with dancing
Where no one has a chance

No, I say no, I say no
I will never, never go back
To your town, to your lives
I will never, ever go back
To who you said I should be
I will never, never come back
To their town, to their lives
I will never, ever go back

Continue driving
It doesn’t matter if we die
I lived for a second
I lived for a second
What I was able to see from your Mazda 323
Will always stay with me
Will always remain with me

No, I say no, I say no
I will never, never go back
To your town, to your lives
I will never, ever go back
To who you said I should be
I will never, never come back
To their town, to their lives
I will never, ever go back

I will never, never go back
To what you said I should be
I will never, ever come back